live hard
Example Sentences
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Men marked by prowess but by no particular ambition, David and Charles live hard but enjoyably in the wilderness, go on great sprees when they come to town, feel no need of a change.
From Time Magazine Archive
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There is a man who teaches the grown-up children of the parish in which this Park is situated, who happens to live hard by,—a man who professes the care and cure of minds.
From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Bacon, Delia
“Aye, I hope so, I b’lieve ’tis so; but you’ll have to live hard, an’ work hard, an’ be hard, if you wants to prosper here.
From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden
Why, she couldn't live hard enough, the days seemed so short!
From Little Miss By-The-Day by Van Slyke, Lucille
They live hard by, if so be they have not changed their lodgings.
From The Sign of the Red Cross by Everett-Green, Evelyn